Bell attachment for skates



y 24, 1951. w. KUSNAROWIS 2,561,743

BELL ATTACHMENT FOR SKATES Filed June 6, 1947 Inventor Walter Kusnarowis Patented July 24, l951 BELLAITACHMENT FOR SKATES Walter Kusnarowis woonsocketrlt.=I.,- assignoi; of one-halfito Henry, A. Bar-berg; Cranstn,.R. I.

ApplicationjJunefi, le ins'eriamoi 753N233 8 claims. (cue- 175 This invention relates. to new and useful" 1m: provements in bell attachments and the primary object of the, present invention is, to provide a noise :making device for skates, sled's and the like.

Another-important obj ectoi' the present invention is to provide a bell attachment-0f the character referred to capable of; effectively producing a ringing sound upon a tilting, action of the element on which the device is mounted.

, A-further object of the present invention, is to provide, a noise makingdevice that is quickly and readily attached to a skate, sled or the like and is so designed to in no way affect the normal'use of theelement to which the sameis applied:

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide afclevice of the claissdescribed that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture andotherwise well adapted for the purposes for whichthe same is intended.

Other objects and'advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numeral refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the present invention applied to an ice skate;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the noise making device constructed in accordance with the present invention; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevational View showing the bell mean in slightly modified form.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral l0 represents a substantially U-shaped clampin member which is preferably disposed horizontally to a supporting element, and secured by virtue of the screw portion I2 of said member.

Projecting outwardly from one side of the clamping member is a supporting arm l4 terminating in an eye l6.

Mounted in eye [6 at substantially right angles to arm [4 is a resilient bell holding arm l8 provided with spaced apart protuberances and 22 on opposite sides of the eye It that limit the movement of arm l3 relative to arm l4.

At the upper end of arm 18 is a bell holding plate 24 on which are mounted a plurality of any suitable type of bell 26.

Figure 3 illustrates the bell holding arm 28 of slightly modified form, wherein at the upper end 2'. of arm 28* is an integral substantially triangular frame 30 to 'wh-ich ismo'unteda swingablebell 32" of any desired form, the operation and other componentparts of this modified formof the device being similar to 'thepreviously described member.

ln -use of the noise device, the clamping member HP isattached to the runner supporting bracket 34 of anice skate 36, as shown in Figure l, so that the lower end of thejbell supporting armis in the sameplane as the lower edge of the runner or blade 38 of" the skate. By tilting the runner slightly outwardly the lower end of thebell supporting arm. contacts the sur-faceover which the skate is traveling and protuberance Z2 isforced against eye 1'8 causing a ringing of the bells to alf'o'rdan amusing novelty for children and adults;

Obviously the device may also be i attachedin a similar manner to the runner ofa sled, the whe'el supporting frai-ne ofaroller skate or to any other such sport article means for addingto theamusing'use thereof.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent'to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain change fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A bell attachment of the class described comprising a substantially U-shaped clamping member, a supporting member projecting from said clampin member terminating in an eye, a vertically disposed bell holding arm carried by said eye and freely slidable vertically in said eye, the axis of said arm being at right angles to the axis of said supporting member, means carried by said arm limiting movement thereof relative to said supporting member, and bell means carried by the upper portion of said arm.

2. In combination with an ice skate including a runner support and a runner having a lower edge, a noise making attachment comprising, a clamp mounted on the runner support, an arm projecting outwardly from said clamp and disposed laterally of the runner support and in a substantially horizontal position, said arm having a terminal eye, a further vertically disposed arm slidably received in said eye and having a pair of spaced protuberances forming stops for selectively engaging the eye to limit the vertical sliding movement of said further arm, said further arm having a lower end extending well below the clamp and substantially coplanar with the lower edge of said runner to contact the surface over which the skate is travelling, and sound-emitting means carried by said further arm and responsive to movements of said further arm for emitting a sound.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said further arm is resilient.

4- In combination with an ice skate having a runner support and a runner-carried by said support and including a lower edge, a noise making device comprising a clamping member mounted on the runner support, bell supporting means supported on said clamping member and includ-.

ing a vertically disposed resilient arm having a lower end coplanar with the lower edge of said runner, and bell means carried by said arm.

.5. A bell attachment for skates comprising a clamping member, bell supporting means supported by said member and including a circular opening, a vertically disposed ground contacting resilient arm having a central portion received insaid opening,said central portion being of a diameter less than the diameter of said opening to permit the arm to rotate and slide in the opening, means on the arm engageable with the bell supporting means to limit Vertical sliding movement of the arm, and bell means carried by the upper portion of the arm. I i 6. In combination with an ice skate having a runner support and a runner carried by said support and including a lower edge, a noise making. device comprising a clamping member mounted on the runner support, a horizontally disposed arm carried by and projecting from said member, an eye on said arm, an elongated vertically disposed bell holding member slidably received in said eye and having a lower end substantially coplanar with the lower edge of said runner, stop means carried by said bell holding member for engaging the eye to limit sliding'movement of the bell holding member, and bell means supporting on the upper portion of said bell holding member.

'7. The combination of claim 6 wherein said stop means includes a pair of spaced protuberances on said bell holding member, both of said protuberances being located intermediate the ends of said bell holding member.

8. In combination with an object having a lower ground contacting surface, a sounding device comprising an elongated vertically disposed member mounted on said object for vertical sliding movement and having a lower end substantially coplanar'with said ground contacting surface, and sound-emitting means carried by said member and responsive to movement of said member relative to the object for emitting a sound.

I WALTER KUSNAROWIS.

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